Extra-Life 2013

This November 2nd a few thousand friends and I are going to play video games for 25hrs straight for charity.
Why? To show that 'gamers' aren't all lazy, self-absorbed people living in their mother's basements? Nope - because kids should be able to be kids.
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Planetside 2 – Population Bal...

I had a previous post about population balance in Planetside 2, but after revisiting the game I have some more feedback: Continent population balance is currently broken leading to steamrolling.
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Looking for a place to game?

I am a member of a mature gaming community that rose up around DayZ but is branching out into other games. This is a casual, no-commitment, environment that currently has a tight knit group of players and is looking to expand.
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DayZ Standalone Screenshots and Inf...

Saw the DayZ dev Tumblr posted on Reddit today and took a look at it since it has some pictures. I read the older posts and picked up on a couple of things.
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Extra-Life 2013

Posted by Trahaearn on Oct 16, 20131

Planetside 2 – Popu...

Posted by Trahaearn on Nov 13, 20122

Looking for a place to ga...

Posted by Trahaearn on Oct 19, 20123

DayZ Standalone Screensho...

Microsoft has unveiled a bunch of XBOX related news at this year’s E3, here is a quick summary:
XBOX is getting a YouTube App! Finally!!! The only reason I ever need to hook my laptop up to my TV is to show somebody a YouTube video. I always wished that the console had an app to play YouTube videos and now it will. Awesome.
The XBOX Kinect will now feature voice search with Bing. Since the console doesn’t have a browser I...

There is an article on arstechnica regardingÂ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary – a remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved updated with graphics from today.
Apparently you can hit a button to flip back and forth between old and new graphics. 343 Studios wanted to ensure that the new edition played and felt the same as the old one so they essentially built another layer of code that replaces the art with upgraded polygon textures...

I have posted about the Call of Duty Elite that Activision wants you to pay monthly for. Â It is basically what games like Halo have been providing for free for years.
Previously DICE GM Karl Magnus made the following comment:
“Battlelog also lets you manage your friends lists, squad up, create platoons, use voice chat and follow your friends’ progress in real-time, and more,” wrote DICE general manager Karl Magnus...

Nintendo will probably be announced the ‘Winner of E3’ with its new Wii-U console. Â Rumours were kind of right: Â There is a touchscreen controller but its nothing like a DS – the controllers have dual analog sticks on either side of a 6.2 inch touch screen. Â With the bezel around it though it must be closer to 10 inches looking at the pictures. Â Not exactly what I want to hold as a controller, particularly when...

Here is a highlight from Sony’s E3 conference:
To start Jack Trenton got on stage with a peach shirt that clashed with his blue tie that didn’t go well with his suit. Â Oh, and heÂ apologizedÂ for the PSN outage – even though they clearly have not cleaned up their act yet.
Verdict: Failsauce – A half-hearted apology and shitty tie won’t excuse your lack of respect for privacy of your customers and their...

I just got sent this link:
http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100001495
25 dollars? Â Sigh. Â Activision Craptivision strikes again!
Worst thing about all this, is that they will make MILLIONS of dollars on this because way too many losers will buy this. So then Activision will do it again, and again, until they completely devalue World of Warcraft and its franchise completely. Â (See: Guitar...